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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises"
+description: "Allows the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 8639"
+citation: "New York A 8639 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-22"
+last_action: "2025-08-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de1558f-caa0-4133-8a27-cf1fee66c48a"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8639"
+source_hash: "3e73142768133f905696d8b444ad3e33df302b673394baddd4da4e9a8287c6e5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 8639 (2025-2026) — Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
+
+Allows the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8639&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A8639A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8639A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-22** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 8639A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.476
+- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.476
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8315
+- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1928
+- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-08-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-08-22** SIGNED CHAP.348 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de1558f-caa0-4133-8a27-cf1fee66c48a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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